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Residency Requirements

  2. Majors and Minors
  3. Departments and Units
  4. Courses
  5. LSA Degrees
  6. LSA Requirements
  7. LSA Academic Policies and Procedures
    1. Academic Integrity
    2. Academic Standing
    3. Add/Drop
    4. Auditing a Course
    5. Class Attendance
    6. Class Standing
    7. Course Credit and Contact Hours
    8. Course Sequencing
    9. Credit Limits for Major Department
    10. Credit Load
    11. Credit Overloads
    12. Dean's Recommendation Forms
    13. Distinction Levels
    14. Experiential and Independent Study Courses
    15. Final Exams
    16. Grade Changes
    17. Grade Grievance Process
    18. Grade Point Average
    19. Graded and Non-Graded Coursework
    20. Grades and Grading
    21. Honors and Awards
    22. Incompletes
    23. LSA and Non-LSA Credit
    24. Prerequisites
    25. Registration
    26. Repeating a Course
    27. Residency Requirements
    28. Returning Students
    29. Student Records and FERPA
    30. Term Withdrawal
    31. Test Credit and Language Credit
    32. Transfer Credit
    33. Waitlists and Overrides
  9. LSA Commitment to Academic Freedom
  10. LSA First-Semester Grade Covering Pilot
  11. Dates and Deadlines
  12. Academic Integrity
  13. Engaged Learning
  14. STEM
  15. Business
  16. What Will You Do with an LSA Degree?

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Residence credit

Residence credit is granted for:

  • courses taken in person on the U-M Ann Arbor campus,
  • online courses offered through the U-M Ann Arbor campus, and 
  • courses taken at off-campus sites but directed by the U-M Ann Arbor campus (such as a U-M Ann Arbor study abroad program)

Out-of-residence credit

Out-of-residence credit includes: 

  • test credit (AP, IB, etc.),
  • transfer credit, and 
  • study abroad credit that's not from a U-M Ann Arbor program. 

See Test Credit and Transfer Credit to learn more.

Residency requirements

These requirements may not be petitioned.

Out of 120 credits required for an LSA degree:

  • At least 60 must be taken in residence
    • Note: 58 credits in residence are required for people who have already earned an associates degree
  • At least 30 of the last 60 credits for the degree must be earned in residence
  • At least 30 credits must be earned while enrolled in the College of LSA

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